Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-04-07
ILLEGAL VOTING.
The Election Fraud Cases In ST.
LOais.-Wltnesse from Mex.
leo and Centralia.

ing testimony was presented by the
government against Peter Egan,
deputy recorder of voters of one of
the wards in st. Louis at the late
Congressional election.
Among the witnesses for the gov
ernment were c. J. Settle, of this
city, and +. Yulett, of Centralia. The
Post Dispatch of last evening. IN CIV
ing an account of this case says:
The Government then presented
the testimony to support the opening
statement, in which Egan was charg
ed with having copied the register
Of the Hotel Brown.
G. J. Settle, of Mexico, Mo-, was
guest at the Hotel Brown last Sep
! tember. but swore he mad never ap-
piled to Egan for registration.
F. Yulett, of Centralia, Mo-, swore
that he never lived in this city, but
had stopped at the Hotel Brown
while here for a short time on bus-
ness last fall. He said he had never
applied to the defendant for registra-
ton, and that the name on the deputy
recorders book was not his sigma
ture.
The registrations on the hotel
books were then read. Though OBJ
lection was made by the defense,
Judge Brewer overruled the ohjec-
tions, and said the reading of the
register W. uld be allowed. The
hotel register and Egan's book were
then read, each name on the hotel
book being compared with the name
on the registration list. Both were
submitted to the jury.
j. w. Brown, proprietor of Hotel
Brown, formerly of the Martin
House, Mexico, Mo. at the corner of
Twelfth and Olive streets, where
Egan established his office, was next
called, and testified as follows: ST
am proprietor Of the Hotel Brown.
7 don't recollect any persons Of the
name, T. G. Renshaw or S. H. Meyer,
A. A. Wiley or Lee Wiley, who re-
sided at the hotel last September ac-
cording to the register. l may have
met the parties, but they have since
passed out of my recollection"
"Do you know permanent board
er ma med John Mitchell?"
Il know a man who represented
his name as John Mitchell. don't
know any permanent boarder of that
name"
The register of the hotel was then
produ eed for last September. Wit
ness identified the register.
Did you write the names of the
two Wileys that appear here register
ed from Arkansas City?
II did. / don't recollect the men.
often register for guests It's my
writing
Were there any such men that were
permanent guests there?
II can't recall them"
"You don't know such a man as S.
H. Meyers, who is registered here?"
''No, sir. He was not a perman-
ent boarder. 1 don't know HIM. l
don't know in whose writing his name
appears
"Do you know J. P. Cruise, Mont,
gomery City?"
"Yes, sir. l nave known him for
25 years. He Is the only man of the
name that stopped at my hotel last
September"
A registration was shown to him,
but witness denied that it was Cruse's
handwriting.
"Do YOU know Geo II. Heerv.Jr2"
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oh DISCRIMINATION Oapt. brown
testified that at different times he
saw crowds calling on Eean to regis
tor
~,
WV ' on 'e"''s'' eAa'ii'''a''on
aske":
"Was the name of Johu Mitchell
written on you registe,?'
..yes CIR T. vss ,v,;,,on ,haro
-,,.,,
'"ice os ~ hySe'i'
was there any such guest at
the tlme!
"He never hVed there that re-
remember.
when did you make the entry
and "here:
Mf. harshah: o"lee'. capt.
Objection oVerru'ed-